- Beans: “Organic Decaf Coffee” from Rise Up Coffee Roasters (Easton, MD)
- Roast level: Medium (3/5)
- Origin: Ethiopia (Yirgacheffe)
- Roast date: 9/24/2024
- Purchase date: 10/9/2024 at Green Valley Marketplace (Elkridge, MD)
- V60:
- 19 to 19.2g coffee / 300g water (1/15.6 to 1/15.8)
- Ode: 4
- Water at 95°C
- Recipe: Single Cup V60 Pourover with 40g bloom water
This was my first time brewing decaf coffee with the V60. I brewed it using the same settings I would start with for any other medium roast, and it turned out well-balanced and bright. Most of the decaf I’ve had over the years has been akin to brown, vaguely coffee-flavored water, so I was pleasantly surprised. I bought this mainly for my better half, but I may occasionally sneak a cup for myself if I find myself wanting coffee later in the evening. We’ll probably freeze some of the beans to try to keep them fresh for longer, as I doubt we’ll go through them as fast as I go through a typical 12-to-16 ounce bag. I’m sure I’ll buy these again.
11/21: I froze what we had left of these on around 10/19-10/20, and took them out at the beginning of this week. They seem to have survived the freezer just fine, as the above settings produced another good cup (from what I could tell from the sip or two I took of it). That said, I think if we buy 12 ounces of decaf beans at a time, we should have no problem going through them fast enough to avoid having to freeze them. It’s good to know that we can, though.